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Case Study: Migrants and Refugees from Latin America

Question 1 • CA-Ethnic Studies

Read the excerpt from "At 14, I Walked through the Desert to Reach the US. My Story Didn’t End There.”I was born in Honduras in 1992. My parents broke up before I was born and when I was five, my father left for the United States. I lived with my mother and my sister and we were the poorest family in our small neighborhood. Eventually my mother got together with Faustino, the man who would become my stepfather. She was scared of him because he drank a lot and was violent. . . .. . . She sent me to another part of the city to work for his relatives. I cleaned their house, took care of two babies, washed clothes. I was their servant.I was only 12.When my father returned to Honduras to see me for the first time in 10 years, I asked him to take me back to the United States because I didn’t have anything left in Honduras and I wanted to start a new life.Based on the excerpt, what pull factor caused Soledad Castillo to migrate to the US?

Answer
A
the violent weather conditions in Honduras
B
reuniting with her father and starting a new life
C
the cultural diversity of the United States
D
being able to work for her family
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